Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm quite curious what kind of work do people here do? I've seen from some comments in other threads that there are social workers and teachers out there. The stereotypical autism job is computer programmer, which I think is really cool and requires lots of talent. There are also students on this forum (I'd be interested to know what you're studying).
Also, what jobs do you think are well-suited for the autistic personality?
I’m a Mental Health Nurse, I work mainly in dementia care. I did my under grad in Psychology though I’m interested in most things brain related. I’d love to get back into studying Psychology to be honest but Nursing pays a wage and the children are far too young for me to even consider trying to study at postgraduate level for the foreseeable future.
Its never too late, wait till your youngest is in school then you never know?
Im thinking of branching out to podietry but Im just toying with the idea at the moment. Nursing isnt getting any easier, patients are much more complex with more co morbidities and the NHS purse strings are getting tighter and tighter. Whats happend to me has been a real wake up call, maybe ill get oht of the NHS and just do agency?
Cool! You must have lots of academic knowledge about ASD then :) It's possible to do a part-time postgraduate, perhaps? To work while taking a couple of days off per week to do postgraduate stuff? And it's also a possibility to look forward to when your kids are grown up.